Opis: The Oracle (Classic Reprint) - Robertson Peter

Excerpt from The Oracle

Interior of a Temple of Apollo. At the back is the Shrine of the Oracle. It is nightfall and the assemblage is present at the appeal to the Oracle of a stranger from a far off country.

Eternal Mystery, the Mystery of Fate!
The Temple's silence, vibrant, trembles in its awe;
The craven hearts of men stand still 'twixt fear and hope;
They quake before the Unseen Presence of the Gods;
The Gods, at whose brief nod the destinies of men
In misery sink or to a triumph glorious rise.

By Will divine the shuttle noiseless weaves the web;
By Will divine the blending strands take hue and shade;
By Will divine the fatal shears their angles close;
So mortals die and pass as falls the severed thread.
As secret as the farthest future of our days,
The moment of our lives that lies so close beyond.

Dust of our Mother Earth, our Frames!
Breath of the Gods, our Souls!
Oh, gift divine! and by that gift alone
Mortals may pray and Deities attend.

Powers who, with the unuttered thought, create;
Powers who, with the unuttered wish, destroy;
For all our weakness be ye pitiful!
For all our mortal evil, merciful!
Grant us what Gods and men alike may crave,
Eternal Happiness!

Enter the High and Attendant Priests.

The Attendant Priests

Glorious Apollo!
From thy Celestial Orb
All being springs.

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Szczegóły: The Oracle (Classic Reprint) - Robertson Peter

Nazwa: The Oracle (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Robertson Peter
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330647196
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 24
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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